Hair steamer



NOV. 16, 1954 c E FOSTER 2,694,206

HAIR STEAMER Filed March 29, 1954 INVENTOR. CHARLES E. FOSTER United States Patent H IEAMER Charles E. Foster, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application March 29, 1954, Serial No. 419,531

6 Claims. (Cl. 4-165) This invention relates to a hair steaming device including a hood suitable for home use.

Steaming devices including the hoods are expensive, complex and bullty structures and wholly impractical for home use. lt is accordingly among the ob ects of this invention to provide an inexpensive, simple device which may be used advantageously by a person for home use. Another ob ect is to provide a device which is easily assembled and disassembled and may be stored in a small space. A further ob ect is to provide a design that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. Other and further objects of the invention and the advantages of the same will be pointed out hereinafter and indicated in the appended claims, or will be obvious to one skilled in the art upon understanding the present disclosure.

While one embodiment of the invention has been described in more or less detail to comply with the requirements of the statute, it is nevertheless desired that the detailed description be considered merely as illustrative and as limited, and it is to be understood by those skilled in this art that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention, especially as defined in the appended claims.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and the arrangement of parts, as will be illustratively described herei In the drawing:

Figure l is a side view in elevation with parts broken away; and bl ljiigure 2 is a view of parts of the steamer disassem- Referring to the drawing in detail the closed water container 10 may be a teakettle usually found in homes. A steam directing tube 12 extends at an angle from the spout 14. The tube 12 may be provided with steam escape openings 16 but generally such openings are not required. To enable the operator to handle the tube 12 an insulating member 18 is positioned around the tube. It is preferred that the insulation material have a smaller end 20 of such size as to fit snugly in the spout to substantially prevent the escape of steam.

The tube 12 adjacent the free end 22 is formed so that it is at an angle to the remainder of the tube. The free End threaded at 24 for reception of threaded mem- The shield or end wall 28 forms part of the hood indicated generally as 30. The shield has a substantially centrally located opening 32 through which the free end 22 of tube 12 extends. The shield 28 is secured in place on the tube end 22 by member 26. There is stamped or otherwise formed in the shield openings 34, 36 and 38. Substantially directly above the openings 34, flats or shoulders 40 are provided. Near the top of the shield 28 is opening 36 and below the opening 32 is sponge or abssgrbent material 42 rack or clip 44 receiving openmgs Supporting a head covering cloth 46 are members 48 and 50. Member 48 is generally U-shaped and has ends 52 which are adapted to be inserted in the openings 34. The member 48 may have a groove or bend 54 for the reception of the end of member 50. The member 50.

is generally arc-shaped and is provided at one end with leg 56 which is adapted to be inserted in opening 36. The other end 58 of member 50 is formed to rest upon the member 46 or in the groove 54. It is to be understood that the groove 54 may be omitted. The memr 2,694,206 Ice Patented Nov- 6, 1954 bers 46 and 48- are shown as circular in cross-section but they need not be so formed. Square or rectangular stock may be used in place of. the wire stoclt and the members may be. removably secured to the shield by wingv screws or equivalent. A moisture absorbing member 42 is positioned as shown in rigure l' and is held in place by clip 44. The elip 44 is preferably one piece and the ends 60 are inserted into openings 38. A suitable cloth 46 is supported by members 46 and 50 and it may be desirable to removably attach the cloth to the shield 28. This may be accomplished by any suitable means, for example, snap fasteners. If snap fasteners are employed, the male portions 62 are attached to the cloth 46 and the female portions 64 are carried by the shield.

The steamer may be quickly assembled or disassembled and when disassembled may be placed in a compact package. In operation the steamer is assembled; the closed water container is filled about one-half full more or less; heat applied to the water container to vaporize the water; the desired material applied to the hair; and the persons hair bearing portion of the head inserted into the hood 30. Normal steam treatment requires about 5 to 15 minutes.

It has been found that if the teakettle is about onehalf full that the hood will be properly supported thereby during the steaming operation.

What is claimed is:

1. in a hair steamer, a closed water container, a steam directing tube projecting at an angle from the side of said water container, a shield like member removably secured to an end of the said tube, a water absorbing member supported by the shield and positioned adjacent the said tube end, a hood cloth supporting member removably secured to the shield and including a substantially U-shaped horizontal extending member, and a substantially arc-shaped member attached to the shield and contacting the U-shaped member and a removable attached cloth cover supported by the U-shaped, arcshaped and shield members.

2. A hair steamer comprising a closed water container, a steam directing tube directed at an angle from the side of the water container, a shield-like member removably attached to an end of the tube, a sponge support for holding a sponge in front of but spaced from the end of the tube, a cloth supporting member removably secured to the shield, one of said members attached to opposed edges of the shield and forming a closed path, the other attached to the shield at the top and contacting the first member at a distance from the shield, and cloth cover supported by the said cloth supporting members.

3. A hair steamer comprising a closed water container, a steam directing tube extending at an angle from the container, a metal wall member removably attached to an end of the tube, a clip removably attached to the metal wall for supporting an absorbing member adjacent the end of the tube, cover supporting members removably attached to the wall, and a head covering cloth supported by the cover support members and the metal wall.

4. A hair steamer comprising a closed water container, a steam directing tube extending from the Water container, an insulating member covering a part of the tube, a shield member attached to one end of the tube, a sponge supporting rack attached to the shield for supporting a sponge in front of but spaced from the end of the tube, a first wire-like member attached to opposite edges of the shield, a second wire member attached to the shield at one end and the other end contacting and supported by the first wire, and a head covering cloth supported by the wire-like members and the shield.

5. In a hair steamer a steam directing tube, an insulating member surrounding the tube adjacent one end, a shield member removably secured to the pipe adjacent the other end of the tube, a clip removably secured to the shield for support, a sponge in front of but spaced from the end of the tube, a substantially U-shaped member removably attached to the shield at opposite sides, a substantially arc-shaped member attached at one end to the shield above the points of attachment for the U-shaped member and the other end removably mounted on the U-shaped member, and a covering cloth supported by the two members.

6. In a hair steamer a steam directing tube having a series'of small apertures therein, a wood-like member mounted adjacent one end of the tube, said wood-like member having a reduced portion for providing a close fit with an outlet from a steam generating vessel, a shield-like member removably connected to the other end of the tube, a substantially U-shaped member removably secured to the shield by the ends of the U- shaped member extending through space openings in the shield, a clip removably secured to the shield for supporting a sponge-like member in front of the end of the steam directing tube, a substantially arc-shaped member removably secured to the shield at one end and the other end supported by the U-shaped member, and a head cover cloth supported by the U- and arc-shaped members.

No references cited. 

